Troy Aikman addressed the Cowboys head coaching vacancy on Monday Night Football after the team opted to move on from Mike McCarthy, and his assessment was brutal. He said Jerry Jones didn’t appear to have a coherent plan because they let the incumbent go without interviewing other candidates. The Hall of Fame quarterback mentioned the likes of Kellen Moore, Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, saying:

“It shows there wasn’t a real plan. The fact that they didn’t have the opportunity to interview Ben Johnson and some of the other guys, Aaron Glenn. Kellen Moore as a candidate, that seems logical to me. He It’s a guy who obviously has worked with the Cowboys and Jerry Jones and they know each other very well.”

Troy Aikman Also criticizing whether the Cowboys’ opening is now coveted. He acknowledged the high-profile nature of the team but said it might not be the most attractive vacancy for a potential head coach. He explained that most candidates want to do the job on their own terms, which is difficult to do in Dallas, commenting,

“As far as a coveted job, I don’t know if that’s accurate. I do think the Cowboys are obviously a high-profile team and whoever is the head coach of that team is definitely going to get a lot of attention, but I think most football people who take over as head coach want to have things their own way, but it’s difficult to do that.”

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Cowboys HOF Troy Aikman uses Dan Campbell as example to make his case after Mike McCarthy fired

Troy Aikman further elaborated his point using the example of Dan Campbell, who was very successful as a head coach in Detroit. He said he might not be able to get the same results in Dallas, noting,

“If you take Dan Campbell as an example, if he was with the Dallas Cowboys, Dan Campbell is Dan Campbell (in Detroit). It’s hard to imagine that he was. It’s hard to imagine that a lot of those coaches could be. I love that I was in I’ve been with the Dallas Cowboys for 12 years and I wish them all the best, but if it’s a coveted job, I’m not sure I would agree with that.”

It’s a damning indictment of today’s Cowboys, coming from a man who worked just as hard to make the team great.